DOVER — Christian Hawkins of the Newmarket High School boys basketball team was named player of the year in Division IV on Sunday, Newmarket's Randy Edgerly was named Division IV girls coach of the year and Portsmouth's Dan Parr was named Division II girls coach of the year. The local area was well represented on the basketball all-state teams.

In Division I boys, Dominic Paradis of Spaulding was named to the first team and earned the prestigious Jack Ford Scholar-Athlete Award. Nick MacGregor of Spaulding was named to the second team.

In Division II girls, Portsmouth's Alicia Brown was named to the first team while teammate Devon Parker was honorable mention. Meaghan Flynn of St. Thomas was named to the second team, as was Coe-Brown's Jenny Schlim. Kingswood's Nicole Matarazzo and Oyster River's Sara Messler were honorable mentions.

In D-II boys, Ben Landry of Portsmouth was a second-teamer as was teammate Travis MacDonald and Nick Lazar of Oyster River. Coe-Brown's Chris Laurion, Oyster River's Anthony Shea and St. Thomas's Jon Nartiff was an honorable mention.

In Division III girls, Rachel Hill was named to the first team while Prospect Mountain's Ella Montminy was a second-teamer. On the boys side, Drew Francoeur was named to the first team while Prospect's Logan Roberts earned second-team honors.

Leach is D-I COY

DOVER — Andrew Leach of the St. Thomas Aquinas High School boys hockey team was named Division I coach of the year recently.

Glen Wiswell of St. Thomas was named to the D-I second team. Spaulding's Brent Phillips was named to the Division II first team. Teammates Drew Pepin and Brian Chick were named to the second team and honorable mention, respectively. Oyster River's Brennan Young was a D-II second-team selection as was Kingswood's Chris Pollini.

On the girls side, Oyster River's Sandra Strogen earned first-team honors while teammate Hannah Herz-Khan was an honorable mention. Shayna Murphy and Gabbi Dodier of St. Thomas/Dover were named honorable mentions.